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Ableton release Note. Is this the iOS version of Live you’ve been dreaming of?

> There have been rumours of Ableton moving into the iOS realm for a long while now. Speculation began after job ads appeared a few years ago that showed the Berlin company were looking to hire iOS devs. Given how important Ableton’s Link technology has become to the music-making app world, allowing wireless sync between multiple apps, desktop machines and hardware devices, it would make sense for the company to get in on the action themselves.

Now Ableton have released their first iOS app, Note. While its arrival is sure to cause plenty of excitement, some may be disappointed to learn this isn’t the full mobile version of Live they were hoping for. Instead, Note is a sketchpad app that is intentionally limited in scope compared to its DAW counterpart, but designed as

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